
ToldthroughinterviewswithThinLizzybandmembers,colleagues,familymembers,andanecdotesfromthemanhimself,SongsForWhileI’mAway,adocumentaryfilmbyEmerReynolds,paintsthepictureofPhilLynott’sjourneyfromyoungblackboylivingin1950’sworkingclassDublintoIreland’spremiererockstar.<br/> Thefilmfocusesonsomeofhisiconicsongs,fromtheinitialsuccessof“WhiskeyInTheJar”,tomid-1970shits“Jailbreak,”“WaitingForAnAlibi,”andofcourse“TheBoysAreBackInTown,”whichhit#1inIreland,#10intheUK,andbecameahitintheUSandCanada,rocketingThinLizzyintointernationalsuperstardom.Asasongwriterandpoet,Lynottinfusedhisrootsintothesesongs,creatingnarrativesthatfanstheworldovercouldrelateto.<br/> Goingastepfurther,SongsForWhileI’mAwayalsotracesLynott’slifebeyondRock‘N’Roll,asafather,husband,son,andfriend.ThefilmfeaturesconversationswithPhil’swifeCarolineTaraskevics,andhisdaughtersSarahLynottandCatherineLynott,alongwithThinLizzymembersScottGorham(guitarist),EricBell(guitarist),DarrenWharton(keyboardist),andMidgeUre(guitaristofThinLizzyandUltravox).Additionally,HueyLewis(HueyLewis&TheNews),JamesHetfield(Metallica),AdamClayton(U2),BrushShiels(SkidRow,1960’s),TerryO’Neill(ThinLizzy’sfirstmanager),SuziQuatro,andothersareinterviewedinthefilm,providingaclear,broadviewofhislifeandlegacy.



